From ddaa1d5028aefbc708d96747d7c739307bcb9602 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gary Wang <git@blumia.net>
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2026 23:02:01 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] chore: update README.md

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 README.md | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

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@@ -4,7 +4,30 @@ Pineapple Notepad aims to be a simple, lightweight, and easy to use notepad appl
 
 ## Pricing
 
-Pineapple Notepad itself is free of charge. Note that it is closed source. See the following section if you want to support Pineapple Notepad and make it open source.
+Pineapple Notepad itself will be free of charge. Note that it *might* be closed source at launch. See the following section if you want to support Pineapple Notepad and make it open source.
+
+## Feature Comparation Table
+
+| Feature | `Pineapple Notepad` | `Notepad++` | `Notepad Next` | `Notepad--` | `Kate` |
+| ------- | ------------------- | ----------- | -------------- | ----------- | ------ |
+| Open Source |         ❔[^1] |      ✅     |      ✅        |    ❌      | ✅     |
+| Cross Platform |      ✅     | ❌ (Win-only) |    ✅        |    ✅      | ✅     |
+| Text Encoding |       ✅     |      ✅     |      ❌        |    ✅      | ✅     |
+| Show All Characters | ✅     |      ✅     |      ⚠️[^2]    |    ⚠️[^2]  | ❌[^5] |
+| Session Restore |     ✅     |      ✅     |      ✅        |    ✅      | ✅     |
+| Hi-DPI Support |      ✅     |      ⚠️[^3] |      ✅        |    ⚠️[^3]  | ✅     |
+| Dark Theme Support |  ✅     |      ✅     |      ❌        |    ❌      | ✅     |
+| Side-by-Side View |   ❌[^6] |      ✅     |      ⚠️[^4]    |    ❌      | ✅     |
+| Customizable Toolbar | ✅    |      ❌     |      ❌        |    ❌      | ✅     |
+| Macro Recording |     ✅     |      ✅     |      ✅        |    ✅      | ❌     |
+| Editor Engine |    Scintilla  |   Scintilla |   Scintilla     | QScintilla | KTextEdit |
+
+[^1]: Currently not released yet. Planned to be Open Source once Open Source Sponsor Goal is reached.
+[^2]: Some non-printable characters are not able to be shown.
+[^3]: Some components have known issues with Hi-DPI support.
+[^4]: Available as custom-tailored docking system.
+[^5]: I created an add-on for this feature, but currently showing line ending is not possible to implement.
+[^6]: Not planned in the initial release, might be added in the future.
 
 ## Open Source Goal
 
@@ -21,3 +44,9 @@ Before the goal is reached, if you support Pineapple Notepad for equial or more
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+
+## License
+
+Depends on if we can reach the Open Source Sponsor Goal. This section will be updated once the goal is reached.
+
+Before that happens, Pineapple Notepad is planned to be released under the [CC-BY-ND-4.0](https://spdx.org/licenses/CC-BY-ND-4.0.html) license.